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राम

अध्यायः 5

Chapter 5 · Verse 15

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शृङ्गारे च निदानानि मध्योत्तरविभावुकाः । नारीमात्रप्रियाः पुंसां दृष्टिचित्तापहारिणः ॥ १५॥

IAST

śṛṅgāre ca nidānāni madhyottaravibhāvukāḥ | nārīmātrapriyāḥ puṃsāṃ dṛṣṭicittāpahāriṇaḥ || 15||

English

They are the foundations of śṛṅgāra and its middling and highest aesthetic determinants; dear to every woman, they carry away the eyes and hearts even of men.